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    quick hello from long island, ny

    To be honest, I don't often go to those stores anymore, even tho I work down the road from kedco. I go there for emergency supplies, hop bags, etc. Maybe a kit here and there. I use NB beer kits 90% of the time now. Sorry, local economy, but they just have nice fresh yeast, and LOTS of kits...
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    Keg System for the Hunting Shack

    This reminds me of a few yrs ago when I brought a keg out on the ice in February for Ice FIshing. No jockeybox needed, but I did have some issues with the lines freezing on me!!! I believe I called it "fill the bucket pale ale" since we generally use a 5 gallon bucket to dispose of our beer...
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    thinking about pumpkin

    For what it's worth, I've done about 4 ales with pumpkin over the years, the pinnacle being boiled, peeled pumpkin mashed in an all grain batch (NEVER AGAIN!!!). Not very romantic, but I kind of concluded that you can get most of the "pumpkin pie" flavor if you just add some pumpkin pie spice...
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    quick hello from long island, ny

    HI there, just found this awesome forum! I've been brewing about 12 years, and settled on casual extract brewing. I've done all grain and all that, but since time is more limited than ever I settled on extract brewing, usually only a few mos a year (sep - jan). I'm starting to brew my first...
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    At home in Idaho

    Unless it's some crazy strong IPA, 3-7 days for primary fermentation is good - You'll hear it stop bubbling in that time. At that point you should move to a secondary fermenter, like a carboy. Preferably not a bucket - you dont' want much contact with air space. It can sit in secondary for...
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